How To Install node-ejs on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ejs on Ubuntu.

What is `node-ejs`

node-ejs is:

This module provides embedded JavaScript templates, like

Control flow with <% %>
Escaped output with <%= %> (escape function configurable)
Unescaped raw output with <%- %>
Newline-trim mode (’newline slurping’) with -%> ending tag
Whitespace-trim mode (slurp all whitespace) for control flow with <%_ _%>
Custom delimiters (e.g., use instead of <% %>)
Includes
Client-side support
Static caching of intermediate JavaScript
Static caching of templates
Complies with the Express view system

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

There are three methods to install node-ejs on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install node-ejs Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install node-ejs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-ejs

Install node-ejs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-ejs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-ejs

Install node-ejs Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install node-ejs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-ejs

How To Uninstall node-ejs on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the node-ejs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-ejs

Uninstall node-ejs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-ejs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-ejs

Remove node-ejs Configurations and Data

To remove node-ejs configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-ejs

Remove node-ejs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-ejs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-ejs

Dependencies

node-ejs have the following dependencies:

References

node-ejs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ejs package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.